title: [Osteoarticular paleopathology in a Chinchorro body: report of one case].
abstract: We report a severe osteo-arthropathy in a body of a Chinchorro adult mole exhumed from the pre-Hispanic site of Playa Miller 8, located in the city of Arica, on the northern coast of Chile. The advanced state of joint disease shows that the individual was cared by his social group, to be able to survive. This care was perpetuated in the postmortem treatment, applying red color to the body. Particular self-care social dynamics of Chinchorro society are inferred.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Tarapacá, Chile.
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Silva-Pinto
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sepúlveda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002677:Chile; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009106:Mummies; D010003:Osteoarthritis / Q000473:pathology*